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Community Monitoring and Response to Oil Industry Accidents in St. Bernard Parish

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Joy Lewis , St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality, New Orleans, LA
From 2001 – 2006, Joy Lewis was an active member of the St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality LLC (SDCEQ) , a community group working to monitor refinery emissions and advocate for a cleaner environment for Louisiana residents.  Ms. Lewis, a resident of St. Bernard Parish since 1955, was forced to move away from the parish after a million gallon oil spill during Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home. Ms. Lewis has contributed to many successes in air monitoring and increased enforcement of ExxonMobil Chalmette, including the installation of ambient air monitors through the Chalmette Air Monitoring Project.  Ms. Lewis will be presenting on community health impacts of refineries in St. Bernard Parish and how her work with SDCEQ led to increased enforcement and monitoring.

Learning Areas:

Environmental health sciences

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality was able to organize community action and increase monitoring around the ExxonMobil refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana. Identify community impact of chronic oil industry accidents and ways to engage communities in emergency response to these accidents.

Keyword(s): Environmental Health, Environmental Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a resident of St. Bernard Parish since 1955, I have first hand experience of oil industry pollution and accidents. Between 2001 and 2006, I was an active member of the St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality, a community group working to monitor refinery emissions. I can speak to the need for increased monitoring, the importance of community involvement and the successes achieved through community action.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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